Carrier profile · USDOT 3714095 · MC-1304669 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Ascend Trucking LLC

25 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 21 statesJACKSON, TN87/100
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 25.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 54 vehicle and 117 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

63.6% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 13.9 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

113 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 13

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
25
Inspections · 24 mo
117
Annualized
≈59 / yr
Coverage
≈2.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

53%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
83%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving88 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 25 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance15 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

53 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
16False logs
14Drove over hours

8 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 4 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253003
20242002
20238028
20227017
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 18, 2025KY00Yes
Jan 31, 2025MS00Yes
Jan 5, 2025KY00Yes
Oct 24, 2024GA00Yes
Jan 31, 2024TN00Yes
Nov 28, 2023FL00Yes
Nov 4, 2023OH02Yes
Aug 31, 2023KY00Yes
Jul 21, 2023KY00Yes
Jul 17, 2023TN00Yes
May 19, 2023GA00Yes
Apr 21, 2023IL01Yes
Feb 19, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 29, 2022NC01Yes
Dec 26, 2022MS00Yes
Dec 20, 2022GA00Yes
Dec 19, 2022GA00Yes
Oct 21, 2022AR00Yes
Sep 25, 2022TN00Yes
Feb 7, 2022TN00Yes